From Sand-land...

Josh sent some pictures via e-mail and we had the chance to chat online Saturday morning. This is the inside of the plane that they flew in from Kuwait to Kabul. A bit rustic to say the least. He said the seats are on pallets and roll on and off the the plane.


Josh said the following two photos were take at about 4 am, but who knows what time their bodies were functioning at. This is on the second plane to Kabul after their mid-point stop.




While we were chatting online, he shared the following...

The mountains here are huge with lots of snow on them, but it is difficult to get a picture of them because there is so much smog.

Right now, our whole platoon is in one hut. Once all the south carolina people move back home, we will inherit two eight person huts, so we have to move one more time It is so much better than where we were before. We have access to showers and we are close to everything. The huts are clean too.

Coke... the can is an arabic and a little smaller.

We have our own fire house here complete with a huge airport-type fire truck and a regular american type pumper truck. It is really funny to see. It is staffed by air force fire fighters.

It's really warm here. Sunny and warm. We even have the AC on.

He said that the pictures I posted the other day look similar to what he is seeing, but not the same, though it gives you a good idea. It has been raining there and the sun just came out for the first time the other day.

He is learning of different things that are needed in the area for the local people, and will share that in the near future.

This is from an e-mail that he sent his Dad, which he forwarded on...

We have seen some incredible things and smell some weird smells. We have seen a lot of evidence of the Soviet invasion - lots of trenches, outposts, and tanks. We see other NATO forces - Italians, Germans, Romanians, Croatians, and of course, the British and French.

Josh and I had a chance to catch each other up on the happenings in each of our corner of the world. He really has no concept of time right now. He continues to still think that it is January. He said his body hasn't adjusted at all to the time change and tends to lie in bed wide awake in the middle of the night. Hopefully, sooner than later, he will adjust to the change.